Fighting Gravity
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| Fighting Gravity | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Richmond, Virginia, Virginia, United States |
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| Genre(s) | Ska, Pop, Rock | |
| Years active | mid 1980's–present | |
| Label(s) | BOB Records, Mercury Records, Q Records | |
| Website | http://www.fightinggravity.com/ | |
| Members | ||
| Shiavone McGee Dave Peterson Mike Boyd Rich Stine |
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Fighting Gravity is a music group based out of Richmond, Virginia. Originally a ska band called Boy O Boy, Fighting Gravity has incorporated a variety of music into their style, including reggae, rock, and pop. Fighting Gravity was formed while its original members were attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute. [1] Originally, the band consisted of vocalist Shiavone McGee, guitarist David "Tree" Triano, bassist Dave Peterson, keyboardist Eric Lawson, trombonist Chris Leitch, saxophonist Karl von Klein, and drummer Mike Boyd. [2] As of 2007, the band has four core members, Shiavone McGee, Dave Peterson, Mike Boyd, and lead guitarist Rich Stine. [3]
In the late 1990's, Fighting Gravity was the subject of a five page article in Rolling Stone magazine by senior editor David Wild as part of the summer college issue.
Fighting Gravity has sold more than 300,000 albums and performed before more than 1,000,000 people in the United States and abroad, including locales such as Tokyo and Honduras [4], and have performed two USO tours overseas for United States troops. Fighting Gravity is supported by 25,000 email subscribers and 1500 street team members. [5]
The band has maintained a sizeable East Coast concert following [6] and released its newest album, Blue Sky and Black, in 2006. Fighting Gravity's other albums include: Under the Radar (Live acoustic album)(2001), Flood Zone (Live album) (2000), Hello Cleveland (Live Album) (1999), You and Everybody Else (1998), Boy O Boy (1997), Bobsled (1997), Forever= One Day (1996), No Stopping, No Standing (1994), and Shishskabob (1992).
In 2007, Fighting Gravity, along with The Dave Matthews Band, Barenaked Ladies, Guster, and OAR., will take part in the IZStyle Winter Tour, a series of concerts aimed at raising awareness of alternative and renewable energy sources. [7]
